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The former Girls Aloud star graced the stage of the popular ITV singing competition at the weekend to give the first performance of her new single Love Made Me Do It.

Cheryl seductively licked one of her tattoos during the performance [Wenn]

While she was largely met with praise for putting on an incredible show, she also received criticism from some viewers who were less enamoured with the racy performance.

Posting to her 6.16 million followers on Twitter, the Fight For This Love singer wrote: "I wanted to start by saying thank you all so much for your lovely comments and support for my performance on Sunday.

Cheryl released this statement following her performance, firing back at her critics [Twitter/ Cheryl ]

"Having spent 16 years in the public eye I have always been accepting of people's opinions. Me personally, my music and performances are never going to be for everyone. And that's OK."

Slamming the publications who criticised her performances without highlighting any positive comments, she added: "I let a lot of things lie but the sheer level of unbalanced negativity towards me in the tabloid press these past few days has been quite frankly shocking and I need to address it.

"This level of relentless abuse should not be tolerated in any walk of life. From my appearance, my body size and shape to my performance and even dragging innocent people into this like they did to Nile Rogers simply for a clickbait headline is totally uncalled for.

Cheryl said that she loved her performance after watching it back [Wenn]

"It also give trolls a bigger voice and platform. What's even more surprising to me is that some of these people are first to write that we should be being more socially aware and conscious of online bullying and mental health awareness. Is this any different?

"So thank you again for being strong minded enough to not be influenced by all the negativity.. Ps... I did watch my performance back and I LOVED IT!"